“Some shall be Pardon’d, and some punished” (Page 105, Line 320) In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet many of the characters bear responsibility for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Which leads all to be punished in the sense of grieving over the loss of loved ones lives. However, who is really responsible for the lover's choices? The choices that Romeo and Juliet made were impulsive and irresponsible but as teenagers were they fully responsible for their deaths with all the guidance they had from Friar Laurence, the Nurse, or even from their families? Should the mentors be punished for leading them to their deaths? Because if Friar, the Nurse, and their families hold responsibility for Romeo and Juliet’s death then they should be punished. …show more content…
“And here I stand, both to impeach and purge, myself condemned and myself excused." (page 103, line 237). Friar realizes that he is both at fault for the events that happened while also trying to justify his actions.When he is trying to explain himself he talks about his decision to marry the young lovers in secret as well as him giving Juliet a sleeping potion to help her avoid marrying Paris. His plan to fake Juliet's death and reunite her with Romeo relied heavily on chance and was ultimately unsuccessful which ended with them both committing suicide to be with eachother. At the end of him explaining himself he says that he deserves to be punished for what he has done but the Prince doesn’t agree. While Friar Laurence may have acted out of compassion and a desire to end the feud between the families, his actions did contribute to the deaths of Romeo and …show more content…
This responsibility can be seen in Lord Capulet saying, "O brother Montague, give me thy hand" (page 105, line 307). This quote highlights the moment of realization that the feud has caused the tragic deaths of their children.. The two families' feud was the main cause of their children dying, the families' influence on their children's behavior and choices, mixed with arranged marriages had a big impact on how the story ended. The families' inability to reconcile and their continued feud ultimately make them partly responsible for the deaths of Romeo and
Even though Friar Laurence was trying to do the right thing for everyone, he still put Romeo and Juliet’s life in danger. Act V Scene 3 line 158 Friar Laurence tells Juliet that she can stay and then he leaves, “Stay not to question, for the watch is coming. Come, go, good Juliet. I dare no longer stay (Shakespeare 383).” Friar Laurence leaves Juliet there so he isn’t questioned about the death of Romeo and Paris.
The person primarily responsible for their deaths is Friar Laurence because he married them for his own benefit, he made up an irrational, dumb plan, and he left Juliet alone. Friar was someone that these teenagers looked up to, but he made decisions that they should not have trusted. Friar
Romeo and Juliet’s deaths were not just one person’s fault; many people contributed to how they ended up dying. Even though these people did not kill them physically, they are still a part of the reason they died. The person who contributed to this matter but still did not have much effect was the nurse; she talked badly about Romeo, which set off Juliet. The next person who was most at fault but not the most was Tybalt; he caused a scene with Romeo, which started the whole Romeo leaving situation. The person who was most at fault was Friar Lawrence; even though he married them and wanted the best for them, he was still a big part of the reason they died.
Eventually, Friar told Juliet he has a solution to prevent her from marrying Paris and reunite her and Romeo. Friar Lawrence also makes a somewhat persuasion to Juliet about the vial before she makes the decision. Another reason Friar Lawrence is to be blamed leading to the death of Romeo and Juliet is because Lawrence is the one who gave Juliet the potion to fake her death and send a letter to Romeo about their pluck the mangled Tybalt from his shroud / And, in this rage, with some great kinsmans bone / As with a club, dash out my desp’rate brains'' (Shakespeare 4.1-53-55)
This quote shows the power of the feud that the parents have put them in. The young lovers can’t get married because of their parent’s rivalry, and this sets up many of their problems created by their parents. The next reason that Romeo and Juliet’s parents are responsible for their death is that the Capulet’s threw an enormous party, and let Romeo in. Lord Capulet was throwing party for all the Capulets, but Mercutio, Romeo’s friend, convinced Romeo to go with him to the Capulet’s party.
Friar Laurence is to blame for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet The deaths of Romeo and Juliet are the most well known tragedies in literary history; but could their deaths have been prevented by the actions of Friar Laurence? In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, many characters contributed to the death of Romeo and Juliet, but Friar Laurence is truly the one to blame. He married Romeo and Juliet against their parents wishes, tried to unite them with a faulty plan and in general, did not behave like the adult he is. If not for him, Romeo and Juliet may have had a happy ending to their love story.
Firstly, Friar Laurence is the person who is most to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he gave both of them bad advice. He told Romeo to visit Juliet’s room on the day he was banished because he was lovesick for her, even though Friar Laurence knew it could end in death for Romeo. “Friar Laurence: Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilled liquor drink thou off” (Shakespeare,
Other than Romeo, Juliet is also to blame for their death. If Juliet didn’t just think through the plan the outcome could have been better. Instead of threatening to kill herself to Friar Lawrence he wouldn’t have come up with the plan to bury her and send a letter to Romeo. Because
Friar Laurence is overstepping a boundary and doing what he thinks is best in this situation. Later on he Friar tries to cover up his actions and only makes things worse for Romeo and Juliet. There are flaws in the Friar’s plan and if he had just turned Romeo and Juliet down they would not have to be put in a position where their lives were in danger or where they would feel like their only solution was to kill
A tragedy most full of woe, the deaths of poor Juliet and Romeo. But who should be punished and who should be spared from the blame of this most unruly affair? This question was raised by Prince Escalus in the last line of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, “Some shall be pardon’d, and some punished: For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” In this story Romeo and Juliet are two doomed lovers coming from two feuding families and in an effort to stay loyal to one another they end up committing suicide for eachother. The question of who’s to blame for their deaths is puzzling as there are a multitude of reasons that lead to their end.
William Shakespeare's famous and critically acclaimed tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, follows the premise of two star-crossed lovers from opposing heritage, bound to an unforgiving fate. Through a sequence of catastrophic events, many characters are left to blame, and few are innocent. Obviously, characters such as the infamous Lord Capulet and Lord Montague are to face punishment for their obstructing role in the play. In similar fashion, Friar Lawrence, the same man to wed the rash star-crossed lovers and seal their fate, shall also be punished for his wrongful influence towards Romeo and Juliet. However, on less obvious terms, characters such as the illiterate servant, should be pardoned for his incognizant actions.
The Capulets and Montagues would punish Friar Laurence because he unrightfully married them and since the two families are enemies it might’ve made the situation even worse. After Romeo gets exiled out of Verona for killing Tybalt, Juliet goes to Friar Laurence to seek help from him in finding Romeo. From there, the Friar makes up a whole plan. This plan includes Juliet drinking a potion to fake her death which will prevent her from marrying Paris. He gave Juliet a potion that made her look dead, he did this knowing there could be complications like Juliet might not wake up and get buried alive.
thy husband in thy bosom there lies dead; and Paris too. Come, I’ll dispose of thee among a sisterhood of holy nuns.” This shows that the Friar did not plan this out and would rather run away than come clean with his plan and the marriage. He would not have had any of this happen if he had told the truth and taken a small punishment for it, but now he will have a greater punishment. The Friar is the most responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths.
In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet fall in love despite their familie’s feud. we all know their love ended with agony, but who is truly to blame for their death? They themselves, or the others around their grave? I believe that the blame of their deaths should be put onto the parents. Parents have always had a impact on their children.
The character Romeo Montague in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, makes many poor decisions, specifically, when he kills Tybalt in an enthralling duel and later takes his life to be with Juliet Capulet. After Tybalt kills Romeo’s best friend, Mercutio, Romeo assumes personal responsibility to avenge his death by brutally killing Tybalt in a swordfight. Due to disrupting the streets of Verona, Romeo’s punishment made by Prince Escalus is banishment. Romeo then hides in Friar Laurence’s cell and threatens to commit suicide because he feels there is no world without the Verona walls. For instance, Romeo states, “Then “banishèd,”/ Is death mistermed.